Glutamate is the primary molecule that neurons use to communicate with each other.
Previously, scientists have mostly recorded when neurons fire output signals, but now with a new glutamate indicator, they can record the many inputs that causes cells to fire. 🧵
🚨 We’re hiring! The St-Pierre Lab at Baylor College of Medicine has exciting opportunities:
🔬 Postdoctoral position
👩🔬 Staff position
Work on cutting-edge electrophysiology and optical tools to advance neuroscience!
See: shorturl.at/uim4d#Neuroscience#Ephys#PostdocJobs
We had a super productive week at the 2-Photon + Ephys Rig! Excellent teamwork in the @chamberlandlab . Thanks, @KarthalaSystem for the smooth sailing.
🔥🔥How does skin sense temperature?❄️❄️
Check out our latest work (@bokiniec & JFAP) to find out!
TL;DR - both warm and cool are encoded in the same cells by a single channel! How? -->
Bidirectionally responsive thermoreceptors encode cool and warm biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
🔬 Are you eager to dive into the world of light microscopy and learn from top-notch microscopists about its essential techniques for life science applications? If that sounds exciting, don’t miss out on this free, in-depth iBiology series! 👉 ibiology.org/online-biology…
We are hiring! I was recently awarded the prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award, and we are excited to announce an opening for a postdoctoral researcher. Interested postdoctoral candidates please reach out to me!
If you are interested in deep brain 2p imaging, check out our new work on aberration-corrected long microendoscopes (length > 6 mm)! Published as a Reviewed Preprint in @eLife! Thanks to all the authors!
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I'm thrilled to co-organize the 3rd year Stanford / UC Santa Cruz Advanced Techniques in Neuroimaging Workshop 🗓️4/28/2025 - 5/02/2025 —and it's FREE! 🧠🔬
Flyer attached with all the details. Application deadline 12/11/2024 #Neuroimaging#Neuroscience#FreeWorkshop#Zuolab
Super-excited to reveal our latest fluorescent voltage indicator, ASAP5, now online @NeuroCellPress!
ASAP5 features higher responsivity and kinetics, allowing detection of single synaptic transmission events.
The link gives free access until 2024.11.09:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1joYd3BtfH9B…